Adrian wanted to sort the figures by type, I'm not convinced that he's got them right, though. ;) This is a mix of different kinds of toys: pen tops, gachapon, Pokeball candy containers and softer, hollow figures.

Adrian wanted to sort the figures by type, I'm not convinced that he's got them right, though. ;) This is a mix of different kinds of toys: pen tops, gachapon, Pokeball candy containers and softer, hollow figures.

Adrian wanted to sort the figures by type, I'm not convinced that he's got them right, though. ;) This is a mix of different kinds of toys from gachapon, Pokeball candy containers, battle arena figures and softer, hollow figures.

Ahhh. The joys of being in Japan. There's too much good stuff when going to stores, such as action figures, anime stuff, and well... all things Pokemon. Umbreon is one of my favorite Pokemon, especially of the Dark type. Finally being able to get a figure of one is just too awesome. I picked this up while in Yokohama.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

These are known as "Pokemon Kids", small plastic figures that are hollow inside (hole at the bottom). Bandai makes them and each comes with a box & sticker/card. Some might be "clear" (they are basically transparent - the darkest pika is a "clear"). These are mostly found in Japan, but they can be found elsewhere like the UK. You can purchase these on Ebay, Amazon & Yahoo Auctions Japan. Here's a link to all known figures:

Pokémon backpackSome kind of bag/plushie combo - the plushie part is so stuffed you can hardly get anything inside the bag... It's got two straps on the back which are not showing on this picture, so that you can carry it as a (small) backpack.

note: These are sold in packets of 5. They can be collected, swapped and played with. One game suggestion: Each player stacks up a tower of them in front of him, then throw one Wap towards the opponents tower. If he hits, he wins all the Waps that fall off the tower.

These are the ones that come in candy container Pokéballs. We are lucky to have one of the local toy stores selling them without the Pokéballs, meaning you can pick the figure you want, no surprise. Mew is one out of four characters favoured by the kids' mum (that would be me), the other three being Celebi, Ralts and Wooper. Add your comment